amigurumi

Noun

amigurumi (countable and uncountable, plural amigurumi)

1. (uncountable) The Japanese art of crocheting or knitting stuffed yarn toys, typically creatures having oversized heads.
   • Noa has been mostly homeschooled, and is poised to graduate high school in this "severely" rural area. She has a self-described "yarn addiction" (does astounding lace work, Amigurumi, and other yarn art), and wants to learn how to work in glass, after graduation.2014 October 28, Christopher Langley, “Artbound: Jael Hoffmann: High Desert Sculptor of Internal Landscapes”, in KCET, archived from the original on 02 Nov 2018
   • In amigurumi knitting, gauge sense is a little bit different from what it is in most other types of knitting. Since amigurumi doesn't really need to fit anybody, you're not obligated to work at any particular gauge. However, most amigurumi figures are stuffed with fiberfill. If you don't want this...2015, Hansi Singh, “Techniques: Gauge/Yarn”, in Knitted Amigurumi Vegetables: Basic Techniques Plus 5 Veggies, Minneapolis, Minn.: Creative Publishing International, →ISBN, page 31
2. (countable) Such a stuffed toy crocheted or knitted from yarn.
   • Pip Lincolne, owner of Meet Me At Mike's in Fitzroy, stocks cutesy, Japanese-style knitted or crochet toys, known as amigurumi. "When we started Mike's, we wanted to sell the things that we loved, which happened to be things with a childlike or nostalgic theme through them," she says. "We wanted to...2008 April 20, Rachelle Unreich, “The play’s the thing”, in The Age, Melbourne, Vic., archived from the original on 02 Nov 2018
   • And since most amigurumi tends to be on the small side, you will use these small diameter circular knitting techniques frequently.2009, Hansi Singh, “Techniques”, in Amigurumi Knits: Patterns for 20 Cute Mini Knits, Minneapolis, Minn.: Creative Publishing International, →ISBN, page 18